Modifying or Extending the Cell Object

The cell task object is implemented as a script so that administrators can modify or extend it on a per-site basis. Here are a few examples of possible modifications or extensions you can make.

· Add a way to show GDS or DFS server information.

· Add options to the cell show operation to omit listing all the hosts in a cell or to show only certain DCE servers.

· Add a command to configure a new cell. Such a command could perform the lower-level operations currently performed by the CONFIGURE selection in the DCE Installation and Configuration main menu of the dce_config program.

Part 1 of this guide discusses ways to create new dcecp objects or modify existing objects written with the dcecp language.